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Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception.
Ken Watanabe
Satoshi Saburou
for Satoshi Saburou in The Hike of Everest
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The Hike of Everest is a 2024 action adventure film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. It stars Kyle Chandler, Anne Hathaway, Daniel Kaluuya, Emma Roberts, Peter Stormare, Alfre Woodard, Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe, Paul Giamatti, Melissa McBride, Laurence Fishburne, and Michael Caine. The film follows a young girl whose uncle volunteers to take her with him on his journey to Mt. Everest despite her father’s reluctance. They recruit several other hikers on their journey and begin their adventure in the Himalayas. The Hike of Everest was released on January 25th, 2024; the film became a critical and commercial success, receiving praise for its direction, visual style, musical score, performances, action sequences, screenplay, ambition, modernization, themes, and emotional weight. It grossed $2.21 billion worldwide, becoming the highest grossing film of 2024. Hathaway’s performance was widely acclaimed and lauded, and she was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Leading Role. A sequel is in development with Hathaway set to reprise her role and Villeneuve returning as the director.
